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List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Bloody Bay	Bloody Bay	Mr Ralph Wilson	on sheets	A long, shallow pool of
	Bloody Bay	Captn David Moore	8.13 &	water on Holy Island Sands
	Bloody Bay	Mr Robt Stump	12.1	lying north, and south for
				about 1/2 a mile, ~~and about~~
				is about 5 chains west of
				Snook Point, there are no
				traditions on the Island in
				connection with this, but the
				inhabitants suppose that persons
				have been drowned here when
				attempting to cross the sands ~~here~~
				It was formerly very deep but
				now when the tide is out there
				remains only about 3 ft of water ~~in it~~
				There is no outlet from it

Primrose Bank	Primrose Bank	Mr Ralph Wilson	on sheet	A high sandbank on The
	Primrose Bank	Captn David Moore	12.1	Snook, and having on its Sum
	Primrose Bank	Mr Robt Stump		-mit a Trigl Station. It is remarkable
				as being the only place on the Island
				where Primroses grow abundantly

Jack Mathison’s Bank	Jack Mathison’s Bank	Mr Ralph Wilson	on sheet	A ridge of sandbanks on the N
	Jack Mathison’s Bank	Captn David Moore	~~12.1~~ 8/13	side of "The Snook", ~~and~~ covered with
	Jack Mathison’s Bank	Mr Robt Stump		bent grass. It gets this name from
				a man of this name having gone there on a
				Sunday to look for Rabbits and was discovered
				several days afterwards quite dead, his feet
				only being visable, the bank having fallen on him.

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